The Problem of Finance in the Educational System of the Ottoman State in Modernization Efforts: The Example of Malatya Rüşdiyesi

The Ottoman State in the 19th century started to the efforts of modernisation in education just like in many other areas and she wanted to transport it out of Dersaadet namely to the provinces. For this reason, she found Rusdiye schools in the provincial areas. The will to spread the modern education to the periphery and newly introduced taxes accelarated the expansion. However, later, with the collapse of the finance of the Empire, the transfer of the most of these incomes to the higher education and Dersaadet negatively affected the modern education in the provinces. In this study, the relationship between the education and finance of the period is investigated under the example of Malatya Rüşdiye school, and how the general conditions of the period affected the province is discussed.